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First Foundation (FFWM) Competitors

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$5.74 -0.04 (-0.69%)
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FFWM vs. SII, VBTX, CASH, BITF, CCB, LOB, BBAR, CLBK, MBIN, and TFIN

Should you be buying First Foundation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Foundation include Sprott (SII), Veritex (VBTX), Pathward Financial (CASH), Bitfarms (BITF), Coastal Financial (CCB), Live Oak Bancshares (LOB), BBVA Banco Frances (BBAR), Columbia Financial (CLBK), Merchants Bancorp (MBIN), and Triumph Financial (TFIN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

First Foundation vs. Its Competitors

Sprott (NYSE:SII) and First Foundation (NYSE:FFWM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sprott
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
First Foundation
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, Sprott had 3 more articles in the media than First Foundation. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Sprott and 0 mentions for First Foundation. Sprott's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat First Foundation's score of 0.00 indicating that Sprott is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Sprott Positive
First Foundation Neutral

Sprott has a net margin of 25.21% compared to First Foundation's net margin of -15.29%. Sprott's return on equity of 15.04% beat First Foundation's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sprott25.21% 15.04% 12.25%
First Foundation -15.29%-1.20%-0.09%

28.3% of Sprott shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.1% of First Foundation shares are held by institutional investors. 18.3% of Sprott shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of First Foundation shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Sprott has higher earnings, but lower revenue than First Foundation. First Foundation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sprott, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sprott$178.65M11.20$49.29M$1.9340.20
First Foundation$545.12M0.87-$92.41M-$1.41-4.07

Sprott has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Foundation has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Sprott beats First Foundation on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FFWM vs. The Competition

MetricFirst FoundationBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$476.19M$2.24B$12.71B$21.71B
Dividend YieldN/A2.43%5.44%3.52%
P/E Ratio-4.0712.40241.2529.86
Price / Sales0.872.5530.9461.59
Price / Cash37.2513.8522.8824.72
Price / Book0.491.392.314.59
Net Income-$92.41M$143.71M$1.01B$1.00B
7 Day Performance-2.05%0.49%0.46%0.99%
1 Month Performance-1.54%-0.50%1.68%2.77%
1 Year PerformanceN/A15.66%539.87%15.20%

First Foundation Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FFWM
First Foundation
N/A$5.74
-0.7%
N/AN/A$476.19M$545.12M-4.07710
SII
Sprott
2.5626 of 5 stars
$72.94
+1.4%
N/A+74.1%$1.88B$186.32M37.79170Positive News
VBTX
Veritex
4.2671 of 5 stars
$34.30
-1.4%
$33.25
-3.1%
+28.8%$1.88B$797.62M16.33770High Trading Volume
CASH
Pathward Financial
3.4084 of 5 stars
$76.33
-0.9%
$91.00
+19.2%
+14.8%$1.74B$775.94M10.101,244Positive News
High Trading Volume
BITF
Bitfarms
2.3452 of 5 stars
$3.12
-2.5%
$3.95
+26.6%
+53.5%$1.74B$192.88M-18.35110Gap Up
CCB
Coastal Financial
3.7203 of 5 stars
$113.61
-1.5%
$110.25
-3.0%
+119.8%$1.72B$703.32M34.96380News Coverage
High Trading Volume
LOB
Live Oak Bancshares
2.1168 of 5 stars
$37.07
-0.5%
N/AN/A$1.70B$936.15M30.391,052Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
BBAR
BBVA Banco Frances
4.8565 of 5 stars
$8.17
-1.7%
$22.50
+175.4%
-16.6%$1.67B$4.86B6.106,289Gap Up
CLBK
Columbia Financial
0.6597 of 5 stars
$15.51
-2.1%
$16.00
+3.2%
-11.7%$1.63B$199.64M258.50750High Trading Volume
MBIN
Merchants Bancorp
4.126 of 5 stars
$32.22
-2.4%
$38.33
+19.0%
-29.8%$1.48B$1.45B7.08480Positive News
TFIN
Triumph Financial
3.4304 of 5 stars
$56.83
-4.2%
$70.75
+24.5%
-32.4%$1.35B$419.01M129.151,430Positive News
High Trading Volume

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